By assuming that he would win by a landslide, Alberto Núñez Feijóo (right) incentivised conservative voters to stay at home, and in turn mobilised leftwing voters for his rival Pedro Sanchez (left) (Photo: Government of Spain)

Why Spain's Popular Party is doomed to fail

EU Political

Opinion

by Carla Subirana, London,

As long as Vox exists, the centre-right party in Spain will find it impossible to govern.

Losing an election in terms of expectations can be more painful than losing in terms of votes, as the centre right Popular Party (PP) painfully learnt in Spain's snap general election on Sunday (23 July).

Following a landslide victory in local elections, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the PP's leader, was widely expected to become Spain's next p...

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Carla Subirana is an economist at Oxford Economics,and worked as a policy analyst for the Bank of England and Europe research analyst for Economist Intelligence.

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